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• GGMC puts out ad begging for donations of used clothes, shoes for residents in gold rich communities

  …while foreigners fetching out US $billions in gold – Glenn Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Irfaan Ali administration has come under criticism after Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) announced a “gently used clothing and footwear” drive to be donated to families in need particularly those that live in mineral-rich regions where about 15 foreign companies […]

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• Food prices fuel Guyana’s inflation

  …as IDB flags 5.9% surge (Kaieteur News) – Food prices remain a major driver of inflation in Guyana, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reporting a 5.9 percent increase in food prices in early 2026. In its Caribbean Economics Quarterly: Volume 16, Issue 2 – Fiscal Resilience, Debt Reduction, and Domestic Resource Mobilisation in the Caribbean, […]

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• Mohamed released on $100K bail after river standoff with joint services

  …MARAD says boat unlicensed (Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has been released on $100,000 bail following a tense, six-hour maritime standoff on the Demerara River. The midnight operational confrontation culminated with joint services ranks intercepting a vessel transporting  WIN opposition members of parliament Tabitha Sarabo Halley, Dawn Hastings Williams and Natasha Singh Lewis at […]

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